let’s try something you guys

swampseer:

hellboundwitch:

Pick up the deck of your choice and think of a question. Pick a question that means something to you. Something where the answer could honestly scare or disappoint you.

Then pick the card that you’re most afraid of getting. You may not know that one right off the top of your head. Go through your deck. You’ll likely know it when you see it by the pang of fear it strikes into your heart. You might even have two or more.

Put your selection in front of you, as your reading. It’s time to pretend the worst has happened. Acknowledge what that would mean for you. How that would look, how you would feel. You don’t have to live through it, or even feel it at all, you just have to understand what this outcome would mean for you.

So the question is: now what?

Ask yourself – and the cards – follow up questions like:

• What can I do to prevent this outcome?
  
• What can I do to change direction if this comes to pass?
• How will I feel in this situation?
• How can I make the most of these circumstances?
• What other options do I have?

The actual questions may depend on your situation and cards, but I think these are pretty broad enough to get started with.

So here’s the fun part – you can do this any time. You’re pretending now, but you don’t have to be afraid to see those cards in a real spread, because you know that getting them isn’t the end of the reading.

If the outcome is your worst nightmare, then seeing it coming gives you the tools to deal with it, and possibly even alter it! Use the cards to face it head on, rather than hiding from it and letting it catch you unawares.

And if the worst happens and you can’t change it, then at least you’re able to prepare yourself, to make sure you’re in the best position you can be when it hits, and to already have a plan in place for the aftermath.

Practice doing this a few times, whether you follow it up with a real reading or not, and see if you can get more comfortable with the risk of a “bad” outcome!

I LOVE this! Such a smart thing to do! A+ this is the content I like to see!